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Patented 1an. i7, 899.

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, ce'r'lrs n au ss so 95 roo VALus C. S. MRHIS.

COMPUTING SCALE.

(Application filed Apr. 23. 1898.

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WIZ/VSSES @gq/ MTM@ Patented lan. I7, vi899.

No. emana.

C. S. MRBIS.

COMPUTING SCALE.

(Applnton filed Apr. 23, 1898.)

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Patented 1an. i7, |899. C. S. MORRIS.

COMPUTlNGSCALE.

(Application led Apr. 23, 1898.)

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No.. M1903.

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Unrno ORNEUS fl. MORRIS, OF IifQLlNE, ILlZlNOlrt of Letters Fatevi. liilo. Sll EEE riatecl. Jennery l?, LS-.

a rod o, sani rofl' engagingI with the tareoeain rm/wm, f/ mfr-f(fon/(ww. is movable to and from 'the Fulcrum of the lle it known that l, i'in-bminis il. iiiilnnir'sf, conipnting-beain wtlioutlnanywise aiiecting a citizen of tile United Staiee.j rcsiri at lilfotire poise olf tlie coinputin benen the adjust- 55 line, in the coniity of Roel: Island a il State inert 'of the bloelrbeing io arbitrarily iii: a of liiinoie, have invented nen'anrl neeul im p eeper pound, while a movable weight enrproveinents in Computing;n Scaleoy of which ricci by the computing-beam determines one the olloi,f'in;]` is a epeciiication. reine of the Weight piaceri on the loartreceiv- This invention relates to iinijirofezncnio in pletform, the means for connecting the 6c computing-scales or computing` atiueiunente computing-beam with the Weigglinganal equalA in for ordinary Weighing-scales. icing levers being brought in positive :fiction The object oli' said. invention is to provide only when a weight is piaceri. upon the loafv mechanism which is readily,r applicable to a reoeii ,ng platform. scale having a wad-receiving platform and A further object of the invention is to pro- 55 scale-beam, which soaiebeam is utilized as vide a computing-scale in which the several 'the connecting,` means between the leed-re` levers are fulcruzned upon fixed points, pair platform and computing ioelianisin7 o'." one set of lovers carrjfnl` a, oar with la i1orias well for the purpoeeoi iledueting; rare zontal portion and Vertical emi members9 when necessary. l wliiollbar ie moved vertically and eonnecte 'i A fnrtlicr object el? tile invention to proey movable blocks with a oonipntingbeain,

zo rifle a oonipuiint, Iscale of inujirored conetrncso that the shifting of the eonnectinf; means tion in which 'the load-receiving plati'orni is wili not change or dis-arrange the poise or balsupportecl upon "evers of tile orrlinarv type, ance of the eompntngbeain until other ele the levers boing coln'iectel to the W im niente r parte of the scale are 'brought into g5 beam, those parte boing in o igement effective operation.

. z5 equalizingleverewhichearryor enge iliar, The invention has in View to provid the movement thereof being vertical or 'in more durable eoinpn'aing-ecaleand one r ii horizon tai, planes, said bar beine; connected to :simpler in operation than 'those of tile saine the computing-l eam to one eine of the feb type. e creen the elements being so organized that With the above entre inview my invention 3o by proper adjustment ofi the weights 'the scale cousiets in the construction rand oenlbieation may be used. `for weighing in the nenni man oi? the parts anfl in their arrangement or orner without the computing; mechanism, also ganization, ae will be hereinafter set forthF to utilize the sonic-beam for tare, and when Referrio to the annexed (ii-airing,y Figure 85 so used not to Gisorgani/,e the operation of the l is a front elevation7 partly in section. A Fig.

eoniputingbeain, which compnti'ng-loeani is i? ie a plan View, partly in section, showing used to weigh and to ascertain the value of a the arrangement of ,levers in the upper por certain amount of merchandise or tlie quan tion of the easing or trarne Fig. 3 is a oectity which maybepurcl'iased foragiren Value. tional View taken on the line El of l. 9a

A further object of this improvement is to Fig. e is a sectional View on the line i of 4o provide a computing-scale,in which the coni- Fig. l. Fig. 5 is asectional View on 'the line puiing-bar is fulerumed upon aiixed support, 5 5 oi' Fig. l. Fig. G4 is a perspective View of the bar being connected to a vertically-nimtiie equaliziug-levers detached; and Fig. I is able bar attached to or in engagement with a detail View, partly in section, of a portion 95 equalizing-levcrs, the seaiebeam, and with of the computing-scale beam, the bar ebnthe load receiving platform supporting lenecting with the equalizing-levers, the means vers, so that the several beams are in poise or for connecting the beam and bar being shown balance irrespective of the position, of the in section. blocks andconnecting means therefor be .A refers to the base of the scale, in which roo tween the verticaliy-niovable bara-nd the com is located the ordinaryleifers carrying a frame,

5o puting-beam, or, in other Words, the position upon which is placed the platform A. The of vthe connecting means between the coin long arm. of one of the levers is connected to puiingyheair :mel the load-receiving platform eugene B. From the rear part of the brise extend two uprights, which supporta easing A2, said easing having` eross-bars o o", to which are attach/'Il lnlernnrbleeks. The -nsing ad cent te the supports hns projecting hooks ofi di, with whieh levers ei'igage, and the easing" A. has an upward-preieeting standard fr", noon which is nlerumed the computing-bexim; an upright- A beingpositioned en one end ofthe i'tng. said upright having an aperture, through which the end oi' the eo1iij iiti1igseale beam is passed. The top or covering nlnte o the easine lli has openings therethrough, through which pass the vertical members ot' a bar7 said bnr beinev cenneeied to the computing-scale beam above.

The tare-beam L is nleru med upon depending hars or a hanger o, and this beam has the usual gradnations as to pounds and frnetions thereof, it being' provided at one end with a loop and rod to reeeive weights. lpon the beam is mounted a sliding or adjustable weight, and on the opposite side of the fnlerum the beam l5 connected to the rod a and beyond the point of connection has an :nljnsting-weight h. Instead of connecting ihe rod o; to the loop li' there is interposed a double hooi: h2, having at its lower end an eye with whi`eh the hook on the upperend olf Vthe rod o engfiges, and the upper hoolcot the part l engages the loop h'.

ll' rel'ers to a loop which engages the lower hooli el' the pnt-t l# and straddles the loop and lnre-beam ll, the upper portion thereof' having n hook l'or engagement with a loop l?, attached to the erpinlixingdevers, itis will be hereinafter .set forth.

letore goiner into the description of the mechanism which acts in conjuiittion with the computinedleam it may be here stated that by disconnt'fetine the loop l' from the double hook lf3 nud ndjustf the weight. h to provide a proper poise or bnlanee the scale may be used as :in ordinnrg platform weiehing-seule; also, that it may be used to weigh inthe ordinary manner without using the eomputing-l)eam when the loop ll' is ir. engagement with the double hook, and the beam li forms a desirable adjunct, as by moving the weightthe tare can be ascerl :lined ortheseales balaneed with a weighton the plattform without disoigani'lzine,` the eomputinf;n meehnnirnn.

C refers to o verl wally-movable barliaving a horizontnl portion7 upon whieh is positioned a slide (1', :1nd the vertical portions of this bar pass through apertures in the top plate of the canine` Ai, the lower ends beingr spread or bifureated and 'rest or bear upon l-znifeedges or ltnil`e-edfeed projections carried by levers Dil, which are lulerumed upon thev fniernm oloelts attached to the cross-bars f1.2 a'. The lever l) carries a link d, which engages a pin whieh passes through the vertical member 1: ot' the bar C and preventsthe displaeemen t of the bar from the knife-edge beitrim.,r d. 'lhe knife-edge bearing d2 engages with a spread or recessed nlerum-hloelc, and

Iprovided en ono side of between the beni-inL trenSveree pin di, with which engages a link forming a connectingr ineens with a .lever F below. rlhe lever D is spread at its end near the eenter portion ot the seule, and these end portions hnve knife-edged bearings d1, with which engage loops and links for eonneeting solid lever with the weight ll, which is suspended trom the levers D lil. 'lhe lever E has n knife-edged bearing e, which engages the 'fixed fnierum-bloek on the cross-bar of', and its end has a ignite-edged bearing-)in e', with which the lower portion ot the vertical member c oi' the bor engages, being held in engeg/ement therewith by a link ci. The opposite end of; the lever lll hasl a loop e and links for eonneetinp,` the saine to a cross-bar 7i of the weight ll. The weight ll is so eoiistrueted that it lies beneath the lever l and over or to one side of L lever G, but is not connected direct v thereto, being,r si'ispended from the short ends of the levers l) E, and this weight moves in vertienl planes, its upward movement, as well as its downward movement, being limited by engagement with lixed or rigid parts of the' 'casino'.

The lever l? has at one end a loopf, which engages with the heel-1 o@ which projeets from the supporting-frame, and intermediatelyhas' a croes-pinf", with which engagesalinl; which depends from the pin fiffl of the leverD above. rlho end-ef the lever l" is binreated or spread end has apin from which depends the loop lSv. ihe lever G is Similarly attached tothe lever lr), and the end having theloop y engages the hooli ai, its intermediate portion being eenneeted by Links to the lever lt and its end engages he 'transverse pin, from which the loep li? is suspended. lly the organization or arrangementof levere the weight ll serves as a eounterbnlanee and moves in opposition to the bar (j and garis eonneeted thereto.

l refers to the computiiig-beam, which is tuleru med upon the standard A sind eonneelied to the bar (j through the slide (Y, oonnecting bars (Il and bloei; C. The computing-beam is provided at one end with abnla-nce-weight if, which weight is mounted on a threaded rod inelosed in a suitable easing; so shaped as to prevent the turningr of the weight when the sup;iortin'X-rod therefor i5 turned, and this siip1 tiiti11gi'ril is threaded, hn'vinga Screw-head nt one end and a loch-nut at the other. lly loosening."Y theloelifnnt the threaded rod may be turned with a screw-d river and the weightadjusted vertically, and ai'ter the adjustment is made by tightening; the locknut further turningr ol' the rod will be prevented. rlhe opposite fend ot` the computingbeam from the balance-weight passes through the upright A to limit its oscillation and is provided with a pendant adapted to receive weights having a value eouivnlent to live dollars or twenty dollars.

The lowerbar-ol" the eomputiugdieam is its ulcrum, that nearest the pendnnhwith an adjustable bloei:

d d? the lever l) has a TOO GTTLQ Si or weight l' and the part of the beam over which said block moves is graduated ou its upper edge with a scale indicative oi' value in dollars up to live dollars on the upperedge and to twenty dollars on the lower edge, the weight having upper an d lower pointers. Intermediate g aduations may be provided on this part of the beam.

The,computingbeam on the opposite side of the l'ulciuni from thc pendant and on the same side as the balance-weight, over which the block C3 passes, graduated on the upper edge from 3 to 25and on the lower edge from 2G to 100, and this part of the beam carries the legend Price per pound. The block is provided. with double pointers, one pointer for the upper scale and one for the lower. The upper bar of the computiugbeam I is graduatet'l from O to 100 on its upper edge and on its lower edge from d to 400 by twenties, and the beam bears the legend Value in cents. 'lhc u p per member ol the computii'ig-beam carries a bloei;` or

weight 12. `It will be noted by an inspection of the graduations or scale on the computirigbcam that those marks appertaining to value in.` cent-s or dollars are in the ratio of oneto four. For instaiice,wl1eic ou the upper part of the beam there is 100 immediately beneath the same will be 400 and on the lower part as to value in dollars where there is bclowit will` be 20.' The same ratio is carried out in the price-pcr-pound part of the scale. For instance, where there is ou the upper edge of the part of the computingbeam upon which. the block Cil is supported immediately beneath said figure will be found lG0. Thus the computi iig-beam andits scale is graduated to operate in conjunction with the four levers D E F G, positioned within the casing A2. The blocks C' and C3 are provided with clutches or means for holding them in intimate engagement with the computing-beam and bar C. These clutches may be springs attached to the respective blocks or other means. The connecting-bars .C2 are pivotally attached to the slide or block C and engage witlrkniii'e-edgcd pivots carried by the u pper portion of the block or weight C.

When the weight or block on lhetarc-beam li and the Weights or blocks l and l2 on the computing-beam are placed at 0, the scale will balance 0r be in poise, and if notin poise when these weights or blocks are so placed the poise l) or the balance-weight t' should be adjusted, the latter weight being for adding Weight above or below the pivot-line of the fulcrum of the computing-beam. This poise is maintained irrespective of the position of the blocks C' Cas the movement of these blocks to or from the fulcrum of the coinputing-lever does not aiiect the balance or poise of the beams when there is no weight upon the load-recoiving platform.

I'n practice oruse should a person desire to purchase, say', thirtycents worth of merc'n andise the price of which is live cents a pound the merchant places the block Gi at 5c l and the block l2 at SO, and as soon as a suiii-l 7o to ascertain how much he has received in weight the merchant moves the weight l2 to d and then moves the weight on the tare-I beam B until the tare-beam balances, which will be in this instance at pounds.

Again should the merchant be selling some- 8o thingwhieh it is necessary to .place in a receptacle the weights on the con'iputing-beam are placed at 07 and the weight on the beam ,i3 moved until said beam is balanced, then by placing the block C3 on the proper mark to 85 indicate 'the price per pound and the block or weight I2 on the mark to indicate the value in cents the merchandise can be poured into the receptacle, and when they balance that will indicate that thepropcr amount has been 9o placed in `the receptacle. Thus tare can be deducted by the use of the ordinary beam B without in any wise affecting' the computing scale.

, lt will be observed that the beam l has on each part or section different sets of figures, and -when using the figures on the lower half of the upper .fscctiou of 'the bar the .figures on the lower halt' oi' the lower bar should be used. By means of this computing-scale a roo mcrch ant can su pepl y the wants of his customers without mental calculation, provided hc knows the price per pound of the article, for if a customer calls for twenty-tive cents Worth of an article which is at nine cents a pound.

the merchant has only to move the block or poise c3 te the figure il and the block or )oise i2 te the iiffurc C 25 and when the scale balances by lacine the merchandise on the load-receiving platform the customer will re- I 10` ceive the proper amount.

The pendant on the eornputing-beam is intended to receive a weight or Weights of sufficient size to indicate or equal five or twenty dollars in value, and by adding,` other similar I I5 weights the capacity of the scale can be increased. When the value of the goods is beyond the capacity oi' the upper section of the computing-beam, the weight or poise I' is used. For instance, it a customer Wanted, say, I 2O twelve dollars7 worth of merchandise at fifty cents a pound the poise GB would be placed at 50 and-the poise I at 12; vbut should said customer want thirty dollars Worth of merchandise the merchant will place the poise 1.25

I' at l0 and add a weight to the pendant on the computing-scale which will equal twenty dollars, and then place the poise C3 at the price per pound. lf there is tare to-be deducted, it can beam B. p

In a scale constructed ilraccoidalice with my invention it till be noted that Ihave dispensed entirely with all. sliding carriages or be done by the use of the 1 30 movable parts except the poises and that all the connections and fulcrums are lined, except as to the necessary movement of the levers, the scale is less complicated than others of the'same class, and that the upper bar is for computing purposes only, while the lower bar is used for ascertaining tare or for Weighing in pounds and ounces. The capacity of the scale both in computing and in weighing pounds and ounces exceeds computing-scales as at present used, and the system of equalizing-levers employed provides a scale which retains its balance irrespective of where the connecting-blocks are placed on the computi ing-beam.

Having thus described my invention, l do not wish to be limited to the particular construction of the parts either as described or shown, especially as to the construction of the @finalizing-levers and their weight, as the shape or form of these levers may be varied, though the present form as illustrated I consider admirable for the purpose intended, as they are arranged so as to occupy but little space;and may he contained in a easing of comparatively small width and depth, which is an advantage, as the casino, being of small size, will not obstruct the light or shadow the tare-beam. lt is also obvious that my invention is not limited to the use of the equalizing-levers and computing-beam with the tarebeam, as the computing-beam and its mechanism may be used independently of the tarebeam by being connected directly with the platform-supporting levers. lt will also be noted that the invention is readily applicable to platform-scales as now made by simply adding the leading features of my invention to such scales.

I claiml. -In a computing-scale, the combination of a computing-beam, a vertically-movable bar in engagement therewith, a plurality of equalizing-levers one pair thereof supporting the vertically-inovable bar and another pair connected to the First-mentioned pai r of levers and to a load-receiving platform.

2. in a computing or price scale, the combination of a computiiig-beam, a verticallymovable bar, a slide which connects the beam and bar, a plurality of equaliziug-levers the iree ends et' one pair ot' said levers engaging the ends of the vertically-movable bar, a second pair of levers connected to the lirst-mentioned pair the free ends of said second pair being connected to each other and to a loadrcceiving platform.

:5. in a computing or price scale, the coinbination of a computing-beam and a vertically-movable bar connected to the comput-` ing-beam by a slide, a plurality ol` canali/.inglevcrs one pair tlicreol' being centrally fulerumed, the ends which project in the samedirection engaging the vertically-movable bar, a second pair ol' levers connected tothe firstmentioned pair of levers and arranged so that their lree ends will lie adjacent.`

ln a computing-scale, the combination of a cmnputing-beam and a vertically-movable bar connected thereto by a slide, a plurality or eoualizing-levers, a counterbalanein g-weight carried by a pair of said levers the levers beine organized so that the ends of the pair which carry the vertically-movable bar and the counterbalancing-weight project in the same direction, the other pair of levers being positioned beneath the first-mentioned pair and are organized so that the free ends will be adjacent, substantially as shown.

5. The combination with the computingY and weighing beams of a weighing and price scale, a system of levers, a pair of said levers having Iixed fuleruins, a bar supported bythe ends of said levers, said bar having a horizontal portion carrying a slide, a second pair of levers the ends of which engage tired hooks the other ends carrying a loop, a weight connected to the `bar-supporting levers, a weighing or tare beam in engagement with the hook of'the lower levers and means for connecting the levers 'which support the load-receiving platformtherewith, substantially as shown.

G. ln a weighing and price scale, the combination of the computing-beam, a niovable weight thereon, a second movable weight or block connected to a movable weight or block beneath the same, a vertieally-movable bar having a horizontal portion upon which said block is mounted, a pair of levers supported upon fixed 'fulcrums, the end members of the vertically-sliding bar resting upon the levers, a weight attached to the other ends of the aforesaid levers, a pair of levers suspended from the levers having the iixed fulcru ms the ends of the latter' levers being in engagement with loops which engage with Fixed hooks, a loopattaehed to a pin which intersects the adjacent ends of the levers and means for connecting said levers to a weighing-beam and to a bar which connects the same with the leveisI el the load-receiving platform.

7. In combination with a computing-beam, a vertically-movable bar having a horizontal portion, a system of levers comprising for levers and a eounterbalancing-weight arranged as shown and connected to a rod which extends therefrom to the support for the load, a receiving-platform, a tare-beam interposed between the system of levers and the said rod, substantially as shown.

S. In a weighing and price scale, the cornbination of the computing-beam connections between the saine anda vertically-movable bar, levers upon which said -ir is supported, a second set of levers suspended from the aforesaid levers, aloop or bail for engagement with the loop or bail thereof and with a double hook, a weighing-beam suitably i'nlcrunied and provided with a loop with which the double hook engages, a rod extending from the double hook to the load--recciviiig-platformsupporting levers, for the purpose set forth.

.l. ln a computing and weighing scale, a supporting-lrame comprising a base inelosing IOO ' Tights, a (epending Support',

movable bzw eonnefd m9119120.; a load-rece 21mm with h;

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